There are many famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, but only two are really recognized. One was recognized by Zhengshi, and he was Guan Yu, who eventually became a martial saint. The other was elected by the people through the popularization of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he was Lü Bu. The so-called one Lü two Zhao three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei...
Therefore, whether talking about the history of the Three Kingdoms or the famous generals in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu and Lü Bu have become a existence that no one can bypass. But the only regret is that the two people have not singled out. Of course, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the Tiger Prison Guan Sanying Battle Lü Bu cannot be regarded as a single challenge. This is clearly pushing Zhang Fei.
As many Three Kingdoms fans said, due to Liu Bei's chaotic stealing of the scene, which seriously dragged down the play of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two brothers must divide their energy and be ready to "rescue" Liu Bei at any time. This greatly reduced the strength of the two men, which allowed Lü Bu to retreat completely.
But in any case, it is the battle of the Tiger Prison Pass that makes Lü Bu proud of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and firmly ranks at the top of the list of famous generals. Even if Guan Yu was no longer convinced and had no temper, he couldn't use the Green Dragon Crescent Knife to slash Liu Bei.
But fortunately, after leaving Liu Bei and surrendering to Cao Cao, Guan Yu finally ushered in a battle that shook the Three Kingdoms. Wan Ma beheaded the Hebei general Yan Liang from it. After this battle, Guan Yu could not be shaken. Coupled with his later rejection of Cao Cao's glory and wealth, Liu Bei, who had lost everything after thousands of miles, made Guan Yu leap up to the next level and become the embodiment of the Loyalty of the Three Kingdoms.
On the other hand, Lü Bu was miserable, sneaking into Yanzhou to beat Cao Cao, and robbing Xuzhou to deceive Liu Bei - it was over, and Lü Bu immediately offended the two most bullish lords of the Three Kingdoms. As a result, Lü Bu's great deeds such as killing Dong Zhuo were all distorted, and they became evidence of his "three family slaves".
Therefore, it is no wonder that when Lü Bu defected to Liu Bei, he once said to Liu Bei with great chagrin: I am also a border area with Qing. Bu saw that Kwantung had raised an army and wanted to attack Dong Zhuo. Cloth kills Zhuo Dong out, and all the Kwantung generals who have no Ambu want to kill Boo.
That is to say, Liu Bei's elder brother, our brothers are both non-mainstream figures, when the Eighteenth Road princes cut Dong Zhuo, they were all defeated, it was Dong Zhuo who was killed by my Lü Bu. But I didn't expect such a great achievement, not only did no one approve of it, but they were all jealous of me and wanted to kill me.
But the problem is that Cao Cao or Liu Bei didn't provoke you Lü Bu, it was you Lü Bu who didn't talk about Wude to engage in sneak attacks, and the two brothers who tossed and turned almost hung up. Therefore, Lü Bu could only go to be a "three-surnamed family slave", which had nothing to do with merit, it was a matter of character, and he completely stood on the opposite side of Guan Yu's loyal image and became the "first white-eyed wolf of the Three Kingdoms".
Therefore, Lü Bu and Guan Yu, the representatives of these two famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, are analyzed from this point of view, just like the two sides of a coin, Lü Bu highlights the bravery and invincibility, and Guan Yu emphasizes the invincibility of loyalty and righteousness.
So among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, are there any famous generals who are braver than Lü Bu and make Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness eclipsed? The answer is yes, this person is Xu Rong, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms.
What year was Xu Rong born? It is no longer possible, only that he is from Liaodong. It is known that the three places of Liaodong, Youzhou, and Hezhou have always been areas that produced fierce generals, such as Lü Bu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun in the Three Kingdoms period. In the early days of Dong Zhuo, he went to these areas to suppress rebellion. Therefore, it is certain that it was during this period that Xu Rong defected to Dong Zhuo's men.
With Dong Zhuo's ascension, Xu Rong also rose step by step. By the time of Dong Zhuo's dictatorship, Xu Rong had become one of Dong Zhuo's most famous generals, serving as a general in Zhonglang. With Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu , he was an official , higher than Lü Bu 's knight lieutenant ( Lü Bu was later promoted to general of Zhonglang for his military exploits ) . But it is clear that Xu Rong is not Dong Zhuo's concubine — this can be seen from later.
It is known that when the Eighteenth Route Princes cut Dong Zhuo, there were two roads of people and horses who were the most desperate, one way was Cao Cao, and the other was Sun Jian. Xu Rongniu was there, and he blew up cao cao and Sun Jian, and almost killed them. Let's start with Xu Rong and Cao Cao's Battle of Fenshui.
Regarding the Battle of Beishui, many people believe that Cao Cao brought 5,000 men and horses, but in fact he had nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses. Because there were still 20,000 troops under Bao Xin,000 troops, Zhang Mi sent Wei Zi with 3,000 men and horses, all of whom followed Cao Cao. Therefore, the Battle of Bishui was a very large-scale battle when the Eighteenth Route Princes cut dong Zhuo, and the two sides fought for a full day.
In this battle, Cao Cao's strategic goal was to occupy Chenggao, AoCang, and then here "high fortress and deep wall, do not fight with it", and form an encirclement circle with Yuan Shao's army in the north and Yuan Shu's army in the south, blockade Dong Zhuo, and achieve the effect of subjugating without fighting (showing the situation in the world, in order to follow the rebellion, can be established).
Therefore, the Battle of Bishui was not at all what was said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, cao Cao pursued Dong Zhuo, who escaped with Emperor Xian of Han, but a big battle that could decide the life and death of both sides.
So what was the outcome of the battle? All Fans of the Three Kingdoms should know that Cao Cao was destroyed and almost the entire army was destroyed (after this battle, Cao Cao took Xiahou Huan and went to Danyang to recruit troops). Cao Cao was injured, and the saddest thing was that even the war horse was dead, and when he saw that he was about to be captured alive, Cao Hong rushed to give up his war horse, and said the words "there is no flood in the world, not without justice", and protected Cao Cao on foot to break out.
At the same time, "(Bao) Xin was sore, and Tao died in Chen Zhan", and Wei Zi "fought all day long, lost, and died (died in battle)".
Although the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms says that later Xu Rong saw that although Cao Cao was defeated, his subordinates had strong combat effectiveness, so they did not attack again, but "led the troops back". It was as if Xu Rong had been frightened off by Cao Cao. However, in fact, xu rong beat Cao Cao in this battle, which was "ungrouped, and the crowd fell several times." Later, in the "Wei Drum Blowing Song" composed by Miao Xun, it was said that this battle was "day and day". That is, to be beaten out of sight.
Cao Cao's defeat in Fenshui, his "Battle of Yanzhou" with Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu's "Battle of Wancheng", and Cao Cao's three major defeats, were almost hung up. Perhaps some people who see this will say that Cao Cao was still a novice at that time, and this battle cannot prove how strong Xu Rong is.
Is Sun Jian a novice? No, the so-called Jiangdong Tiger, when the Eighteenth Road Princes cut Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo was not afraid of anyone, but he was most afraid of Sun Jian! As a result, he was also hammered by Xu Rong and almost died, which was the "Battle of Liangdong".
This battle took place after Xu Rong defeated Cao Cao, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Dong Zhuo, in order to stop Sun Jian's breakthrough, "sent tens of thousands of people to ride against The Stronghold", but Sun Jian was "drinking and laughing", frightening Dong Zhuo's army, "seeing that the Jianshi were very well organized, they did not dare to attack the city, but they were led back."
But think that's the end of it? No! Because then, Sun Jian "moved tun liangdong, greatly attacked by the Zhuo army, and Jian and dozens of horses broke out." So who is here in Liang Dong, Sun Jian of the Hammer? It's Xu Rong again!
According to the Book of later Han, Rong Yu jian was strong in Liang, and the battle broke jian, and the raw bird Yingchuan Taishou Li Min, cooked.
That is to say, after Xu Rong beat Cao Cao, he continued to be furious, directly beating the Jiangdong Tiger almost into a light rod commander, and fled with dozens of people.
At this moment, a funny scene occurred, Sun Jian "closed the scattered pawns" after the fiasco, and Lü Bu appeared, with five thousand men and horses, and wanted to take advantage of Sun Jian's illness and want him to die. However, he was killed by Sun Jian in two consecutive times, first "fighting with Jian between the tombs, Zhuo was defeated and left", and then Sun Jian rushed straight to Luoyang with a drum, "Jian entered the Xuanyang City Gate of Luoyang, hit Lü Bu even more, and Bu Fu broke away".
It is equivalent to Lü Bu being repeatedly rubbed by Sun Jian twice, and there is no temper at all! Compared with Xu Rong's record, who is more powerful? Obviously, Xu Rong crushed Lü Bu. That is to say, the reason why Dong Zhuo was able to resist the Eighteenth Road Princes, Xu Rong was the first merit! There was nothing wrong with Lü Bu at all.
After Dong Zhuo was killed by Lü Bu, Xu Rong directly chose to obey the imperial court, which is why it was said earlier that Xu Rong was not Dong Zhuo's concubine. When Li Dai and Guo Feng led troops to attack, Wang Yun's first thought was not Lü Bu, but Xu Rong! (Nai Shu Zhuo attacked Hu Yi and Xu Rong at Xinfeng.) ）
However, Hu Yun had already secretly colluded with Li Dai and Guo Feng, resulting in Xu Rong becoming the target of siege by both sides. If at this moment, Xu Rong also chose to surrender like Hu Yun, then he would definitely not die. However, Xu Rong chose to be loyal to the imperial court and refused to be with the rebels, so he fought alone, and finally "Rong died in battle, and surrendered to the crowd."
Subsequently, Li Dai and Guo Feng besieged Chang'an, Lü Bu was defeated, and Emperor Xian of Han fell into the hands of Li Dai and Guo Feng. At this point, the Han Dynasty, which had just embarked on the right track, inevitably broke off the track and slid down into the abyss of destruction.
People say that Guan Yu is loyal and righteous, but compared with Xu Rong, is it eclipsed? Whether it was to attack Cao Cao, or to break Sun Jian, or even to the end, knowing that he would die, he still fought and refused to surrender! Obviously, the object of Xu Rong's loyalty was the Han Dynasty and the world, and non-Guan Yu was only loyal to Liu Bei. This is actually the most precious place for Xu Rong.
Unfortunately, he died too early, and it was not Cao Cao and Liu Bei's men, which led to Xu Rong being ignored at the same time, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it also became an experience pack, and was easily killed by Xiahou Huan - I have to say that this joke in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a bit cold...